Yang Youcai smiled bitterly, and said in his heart, Your Highness, you are afraid that you have thought of this matter a long time ago, and now you have to say it through Jia Xu's mouth, and you have to make this stupid scholar happy for several days.

Cheng Xiaolian also has his own ideas, he is not looking forward to meeting Zhuge Liang's kind of almost demon strategists, this kind of people have been counted on one hand for hundreds of years, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, those powerful strategists either fell with their own regimes, or they have found an ideal position in the court, rather than looking for those so-called masters in the mountains who don't know the details, it is better to win over Jia Xu, this scholar has a very simple mind, has read books and done practical things, If you experience a little more things, you may not be able to become an excellent candidate for military advisors.

Of course, Cheng Xiaolian finally met an unscrupulous scholar in ancient times, and he also had the intention of having itchy hands and wanting to flirt.

Sure enough, Jia Xu looked happy: "Your Highness, I propose that we prepare the fire oil, the fire oil is poured on the water, and it can catch fire, as long as they dare to go into the water to move our iron cables, they can be scared to death if they don't burn them." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaolian was taken aback: "How do you know that oil can be ignited when it floats on the water?" ”

Jia Xu scratched his head: "When I was at home, I accidentally appeared, and I thought it was strange that fire could burn on water, so I tried it several times." ”

Cheng Xiaolian looked at him with a little regret: "If it weren't for the fact that I was really short of people here, I really wanted to get you to Nanzhen Mansion, with your temperament, maybe you would be able to know the steam engine in a few years, a hundred years earlier than that Watt." ”

"Your Highness, what are you talking about?"

"It's a waste to say you're staying with me."

"Your Highness has won the prize."

Yang Youcai looked helpless: "Your Highness, even if we pour oil, it won't burn for long, don't you two praise each other?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian pouted: "Do you know that there is an oil called black fire oil?" ”

"However, it is said that it was only available in the treasury before, where are we going to get it?"

Cheng Xiaolian was stunned for a moment, he didn't learn this in his later life, of course, he couldn't tell where there was oil, he knew in his heart that there was a Daqing oil field, and it was still 108,000 miles away. He frowned: "Isn't the black fire oil used in the military?" ”

"In the past, every time there was a war, the black fire oil would be allocated in the army, and the rest of the time it was always in the treasury, it is said that this thing is difficult to extinguish, and it can't be easily obtained, otherwise if it burns in Beijing, it will be a big mess."

Cheng Xiaolian thought for a while, and his eyes lit up: "Immediately fly the pigeon to Chengdu, ask Lawson if he has black fire oil, and if so, send someone to transport it immediately." ”

Cheng Xiaolian doesn't know if there is oil in Sichuan, but if there is, Luo Sen has been the governor of Sichuan for so many years, and there must be inventory, and then he can let Geng Jingzhong and Monk Zhixin stay outside Qutang Gorge for a while.

Early the next morning, the pigeons on the opposite shore flew over, and then a brocade guard shouted: "The enemy is attacking!" ”

The Jinyi guard on the opposite side was also very careful not to set off fireworks, firstly, the fireworks may not be seen during the day, and secondly, the people on the other side naturally knew that the fireworks were their signal, and they would be in danger at that time.

So they just used carrier pigeons, and for such a short distance, the carrier pigeons flew very quickly.

Cheng Xiaolian also quickly rushed to the top of the city and looked at Qin Yue: "Act according to the plan, even if the war is difficult, you must hold the city today." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the mountains and rivers army can hold on."

Speaking of this, he picked up the order flag: "Ma Jiugong, Wen Ruzhen." ”

"Yes."

"The two of you lead the archers and the oil and watch the iron rope, if you let the iron rope be dismantled, the military law will be engaged."

Last night, mileage Xiaolian secretly gave them some treasures, and the two of them were full of confidence, so they borrowed military orders and went to both sides.

Qin Yue glanced at Jin Ming: "You just follow me and do it cheaply." ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Xiaolian stood at the height of the inner wall, staring closely at the battle outside, with the exhibition, he slowly no longer needed to take action in person, after all, in a few days, if he can really gain a firm foothold, he can go to the palace again, and no one can have this face worthy of his royal drive, what he has to do is to appoint a suitable coach, not to charge.

However, he still had a pair of bows and arrows in his hands, and people said that he would not practice his hands for three days, and he had finally practiced archery, but he didn't want to be so wasted.

He held a bow and arrow, but Yang Youcai was scared enough, and he almost wrapped him in three layers inside and three layers outside, he could shoot to other people's places, and others could shoot him, although he didn't wear any clothes to show his identity, but he was afraid that people would watch him shoot arrows and remember him. Cheng Xiaolian didn't refuse Yang Youcai to send someone to protect him, but he didn't want to wrap it inside and outside, so what was the point of him holding a bow and arrow, so he insisted on standing in front.

The artillery on the rock wall on both sides of the bank soon began to attack, and with the previous day's fighting, both the gunners on the rock wall and the sailors in the boats on the water had some experience, and the artillery attacks began to be fought around one place, because each gun was scattered, and very few hit, and they aimed at one place according to the degree of travel of the ship, as if they were blocking the waterway.

The ships below are even more scattered under the command of the general, and even if one ship is sunk, it will not affect the movement of other ships.

Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin didn't take this casualty in their eyes, they knew that this was all normal battle damage, and they knew that the ships in front of them were all crowded together, Geng Jingzhong's face changed: "What's the matter?" ”

"Marshal, the ship can't move."

Immediately, an experienced person next to him spoke: "Commander, they must have blocked our ship with iron cables." ”

At this time, the gunners of the rock walls on both sides had already prepared, and began to bombard in that direction.

Geng Jingzhong roared loudly: "Destroy the iron rope immediately!" Jump ship to wreck! ”

This distance is not to mention jumping on the wall of the pass, even if he takes a siege ladder, he can't reach the pass, and the reason why he is anxious is because the artillery on both sides has been bombarding, and if it has been stagnating here, it will be a live target for others.

Soon there were many people on the boat who jumped into the water, trying to find where the iron cable was installed, and then get rid of the iron cable, the knife in the water did not use strength, and it was impossible to cut the iron cable, so they could only try to remove the connection of the iron cable, as long as the iron cable was removed, it naturally sank to the bottom of the river.

There was no welding technology at this time, so they were sure that there must be a connection to the iron cable that could be removed by hand.

Ma Jiugong and Wen Ruzhen were on the side, and they all gave an order: "Pour fire oil!" ”

The fire oil soon followed the city wall and floated all over the water below the pass, and Yang Youcai said bluntly: "It's a pity that there is so much oil, how many meals do you have to cook if you cook, but now it is used to burn these turtle sons and bastards." ”

(End of chapter)